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Wrap your holidays in joy with BONA’s top gift picks

This festive season, BONA’s Christmas gift guide brings you a thoughtfully curated selection of presents to make your festive shopping effortless. From luxury skincare and beauty hampers to stylish Birkenstock clogs, we’ve got the perfect gifts to spread joy and love to everyone on your list.

Environ

Environ unwraps the 2024 holiday gifting collection with their award-winning Body EssentiA® Duo, the perfect festive gift to nourish and rejuvenate your skin. Save 20% on this limited-edition gift set, featuring the Derma-Lac® Lotion (200 ml) and the upsized Vitamin A, C & E Body Oil (200 ml), offered at a special price of R1 110, saving you R280.

This luxurious duo smooths, hydrates and evens out the appearance of rough, sun-damaged skin, leaving it soft and radiant. Treat yourself or a loved one to visibly healthier skin this holiday season with this exclusive set! Available in participating Professional Skincare centres from 1 December 2024.

Ken Forrester Silver Rose 750 ML

WCellar Christmas Gift Selection – Top 10 Wine Brands R239.99, Woolworths.

The ultimate water-resistant Clog from Birkenstock

Inspired by the brand’s professional line, the Birki-Flow (R1 899) debuts as the go-anywhere clog that combines style with unmatched versatility and function. Birkenstock celebrates its minimalist and functional approach to footwear design with its latest product development. Made of lightweight, shock-absorbing and water-resistant EVA, the Birki-Flow has an adjustable backstrap and the anatomically shaped Birkenstock footbed at its heart, providing unparalleled function and support.

The strategically placed holes allow for optimal air circulation, keeping feet cool and comfortable. As a lifestyle-inspired iteration of Birkenstock’s professional clogs, these closed-toe shoes are built to withstand both city streets and sandy shores. The collection is ready to make a splash this summer in black, eggshell, surf green, fondant pink and stone coin.

Available in Birkenstock stores nationwide and online at www.bashafrica.com.

Glow Bright

Tired of dull, uneven skin tone? Pigmentation causing you anxiety and affecting your confidence? Glow Bright has helped thousands of women over the past two years to effectively and affordably get the skin that they only dreamed of.

As South Africa’s leading manufacturer of glutathione-based products, you can trust Glow Bright’s scientifically formulated range of skin brightening solutions to even out your skin tone and get you glowing within 30 days of use.

Visit our website to see the transformative power of Glow Bright through reviews, testimonials and before and after images. #GlowYourOwnWay.

 

 

Also see: Give the gift of love and comfort with BONA’s Christmas shopping guide

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